Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Monaghan Borough
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Monaghan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Henry Colley Thomas Ryves[1]
1634 Richard Blayney Arthur Blayney[1]
1639 Arthur Culme William Cadogan[1]
1661 Thomas Vincent Joseph Fox[2]
1692
1695 Robert Echlin
1703 Sir Thomas Prendergast Sir Richard Vernon
1710 Sir Alexander Cairnes
1713 Richard Pockrich
1715
1727 Sir Alexander Cairnes
1733 Sir Henry Cairnes
1743
1747
1753 Oliver Anketell
1761 William Henry Fortescue Richard Dawson
1767 Richard Power
1768 Robert Cuninghame
1771
1776 James Fortescue[3]
1777
October 1783 [3]
1783 Theophilus Jones[4]
1791
1796
January 1798 William Charles Fortescue[3]
1798
1800
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

References[]

  1. ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  2. ^ Rushe, Denis Carolan (24 October 1895). "Historical sketches of Monaghan : from the earliest records to the Fenian movement". Dublin : J. Duffy – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b c Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ At the general election in 1790, he was also returned for Co. Leitrim, for which he chose to sit
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